The Straight Dope
The Straight Dope is a popular question-and-answer newspaper column
published in the Chicago Reader (an alternative weekly), syndicated in thirty newspapers in the
United States and Canada, and available online. The column
derives its name from the American idiom meaning roughly "the honest truth" and covers practically
any subject. History, science,
The column, first published by the Reader in 1973, is written by Cecil Adams To date, Adams has published five collections of his columns, and his "assistant" published a children's collection in the Adams style, Know It All. He has also published several collections of material from the column into paperback books.
The columns are archived at The Straight Dope
website, which also hosts the Straight Dope Message Board, a popular
Spin-offs
In 1996, the A&E Network briefly aired a show based on the column called The Straight Dope, hosted by comedian Mike Lukas.
See also
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